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Prostitution and Pornography

Philosophical Debate About the Sex Industry

Jessica Spector

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English
Stanford University Press
14 September 2006
Prostitution and Pornography examines debates about the sex industry and the adequacy of the liberal response to critiques of the sex industry. The anthology focuses particularly on the very different ways prostitution and pornography are treated. Unlike other books that deal with the sex industry, this volume brings together academics and industry veterans and survivors to discuss the ways prostitution, pornography, and other forms of commercial sex are treated, and to ask questions about the role that ideas about the self, personal identity, and freedom play in our attitudes about the sex industry.
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Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 31mm
Weight:   757g
ISBN:   9780804749374
ISBN 10:   080474937X
Pages:   480
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified
Table Of Contents Introduction Jessica Spector Introduction: Sex, Money, and Philosophy I. Critiques of the Sex Industry Ch.1 Vednita Carter and Evelina Giobbe Duet: Prostitution, Racism, and Feminist Discourse Ch. 2 Christine Stark Stripping as a System of Prostitution Ch.3 Carol Pateman What's Wrong with Prostitution? Ch.4 Catharine MacKinnon Equality and Speech Ch.5 Margaret A.Baldwin Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform II. Liberalism and Prostitution Ch.6 Norma Jean Almodovar Porn Stars, Radical Feminists, Cops and Outlaw Whores: The Battle Between Feminist Theory and Reality, Free Spirits and Free Speech Ch.7 Martha Nussbaum 'Whether From Reason or Prejudice': Taking Money for Bodily Services Ch.8 Sibyl Schwarzenbach Contractarians and Feminists Debate Prostitution Ch.9 Laurie Shrage Prostitution and the Case for Decriminalization III. Liberalism and Pornography Ch.10 Theresa Reed Private Acts vs. Public Art: Where Prostitution Ends and Pornography Begins Ch.11 Joshua Cohen Freedom, Equality, Pornography Ch.12 Ronald Dworkin Women and Pornography Ch.13 Laura Kipnis Disgust and Desire: Hustler Magazine IV. The Limits of Liberalism Ch.14 Tracy Quan The Name of the Pose: A Sex Worker by Any Other Name Ch.15 Julian Marlowe Thinking Outside the Box: Men in the Sex Industry Ch.16 Scott Anderson Sexual Autonomy and Prostitution: Making Sense of the Prohibition of Prostitution Ch.17 Debra Satz Markets in Women's Sexual Labor Ch.18 Jessica Spector Obscene Division: Feminist Liberalism's Treatment of Prostitution and Pornography Notes Bibliography Index

Jessica Spector earned her doctorate in philosophy at the University of Chicago and works on modern philosophy and ethics. She is the founder of The Academy, which trains professionals in the principles of clear writing and effective argument. She has published on Locke and Hume and has lectured extensively on various aspects of the sex industry.

Reviews for Prostitution and Pornography: Philosophical Debate About the Sex Industry

This unique, valuable collection offers various perspectives within the liberal feminist discussions of pornography and prostitution. - CHOICE Jessica Spector has compiled the most challenging and thorough volume yet on philosophic themes surrounding the vexed questions of pornography and prostitution. Focusing on the very different ways in which we regard - and discipline - prostitution and pornography, the book raises fundamental questions about important ethical questions as well as questions of freedom, social responsibility, and self-identity. This will be a seminal work in the field. - Drew A. Hyland, Trinity College As its title suggests, this is a collection of essays about two of the main arms of the sex industry: prostitution and pornography. It would be an excellent text for an advanced undergraduate or graduate class on the issue, as well as for anyone interested in probing the issues that sex work poses in the debate between radical feminists, who question both the autonomy of the choice of prostitution and the expression value of pornograhy, and the liberal feminists, who tend to defend proostitution as a viable economic choice for women and champion pornography for its expression value and promotion of diversity of lifestyles. - Philosophy in Review/Comptes Rendus Philosophiques


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